Most members of labor unions work in the public sector, industries that are regulated, or industries in which production is concentrated into a few firms.
A. If a firm produces a good at multiple plants, some of which are unionized and some of which are not. If demand for that firm’s product rose, would the firm increase production more at the unionized plants or the non-union plants? Why?
B. Right to work laws in several states (mostly in the South and the Rocky Mountain regions) make it more difficult to organize labor unions there. Explain how the existence of these laws can make it difficult to organize unions in other regions of the country as well.